despegar

to take off

despegar(dehs-peh-gahr)

intransitive verb

1. (to lift off)

a. to take off

El avión despegó a las tres en punto.

The plane took off at exactly three o'clock.

2. (to be successful)

a. to take off

La compañía despegó después de realizar su nuevo producto.

The company took off after releasing its new product.

transitive verb

3. (to detach)

a. to unstick

Necesitas despegar las dos páginas mojadas.

You need to unstick the two wet pages.

despegarse

reflexive verb

4. (to come off)

a. to become unstuck

La mariposa se ​​despegó de la telaraña y se fue volando.

The butterfly became unstuck from the spiderweb and flew away.

despegar

transitive verb

1. (general)

a. to unstick

intransitive verb

2. (avión)

a. to take off

3. (empresa, equipo)

a. to take off

la empresa no acaba de despegarthe company hasn't really been able to take off

pronominal verb

4. (etiqueta, pegatina, sello)

a. to come unstuck

5. (persona)

a.

despegarse de alguiento break away o withdraw from somebody

no se despegó de su novia ni un minutohe didn't leave his girlfriend's side for a minute

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despegar

transitive verb

1 (desprender) [+cosas pegadas] to unstick; [+sobre] to open

sin despegar los labios without uttering a word

2 (separar) to detach

intransitive verb

(Aeronáutica) [+avión] to take off; [+cohete] to blast off;

pronominal verb

despegarse

1 [+objeto] to come unstuck

se ha despegado el cartel the poster's come unstuck

2 [+persona] to become alienated;de from

despegarse de los amigos to break with one's friends; despegarse del mundo to renounce worldly things